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 CARLISLE 37 Minster. He d. 4 Sep. 1825, at Castle Howard, and was bur. there, aged 77.0 Will pr. Nov. 1825. IX. 1825. 6. George (Howard), Earl of Carlisle, lyc, s. and h., b. in London, 17 Sep., and bap. 22 Oct. 1773, ^' ^t. James's, Westm. Ed. at Eton. He matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 19 Oct. 1790, and was cr. M.A. 30 June 1792, and D.C.L. 18 June 1799. F.R.S. 26 Feb. 1795. He was M.P. (Whig) for Morpeth, 1795-1806; for Cum- berland, 1806-1820; P.C. 6 Feb. 1806; Lord Lieut, of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1824-40; Ch. Commiss. of Woods and Forests, May to July 1827; Cabinet Minister and Lord Privy Seal, July 1827 to Jan. 1828, and again June to July 1834; Cabinet Minister (without office) 1830-34; K.G. 17 Mar. 1837. Trustee of the Brit. Museum 1838-47. He w., 21 Mar. 1 80 1, by spec, lie, at Devonshire House, Piccadilly, Georgiana Dorothy,('') 1st da. of William (Cavendish) 5th Duke of Devonshire, by his istwife, Georgiana, da. of John (Spencer), Earl Spencer. He d. 7 Oct. 1848, aged 75, at Castle Howard, and was bur. in the Mausoleum there.('') Will (^) He appears in 1 7 73, "The E. of C. and Mad'. La M. . n," in the scandalous /i?/^-a- tke portraits in Town and Country; Mag.., vol. v, p. 6 5, for an account of which see Appendix B in the last volume of this work. "A young man of fashion, fond of dress and gaming, by which he had greatly hurt his fortune; totally unacquainted with business, and though not void of ambition, had but moderate parts and less application." {Lait Journals oj Horace IFalpole, Feb. 1 778). In The Abbey ofKilkhampton (1780), p. 41, by Sir Herbert Croft, there is a see-saw account of him, balancing compliments and criticism; it may be gathered therefrom that he was a good man in private life, and a capable speaker, but vain and extravagant. As for his liking for those who cheated him, see some satirical verses in vol. i, Appendix H. " His Lordship is distinguished for his genius and acquirements, and is author of a volume of well-knovi^n poems." See Sir Egerton Brydges' note in Collins' Peerage, vol. iii, p. 509. His fame as a Poet and Play-writer rests however chiefly on the notice of him by his relative, and sometime ward, Lord Byron, in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers — " What heterogeneous honours deck the Peer! Lord, Rhymester, Petit-Mditre and Pamphleteer ! So dull in youth, so drivelling in his age. His scenes, alone, had damn'd our sinking stage; But Managers, for once, cried ' Hold, enough,' Nor drugg'd their audience with the tragic stuff; Yet at their judgment let his Lordship laugh, And case his Volumes with congenial Calf." As to his politics, he supported the Court during Lord North's Govt., of which he was a member. He was one of the leaders in the Coalition of 1783, and thence- forward, except between 1793 and i8oi, voted steadily with the Whigs. G.E.C. and V.G. i^) As a child, Madame d'Arblay says she had " a fine animated, sweet, and handsome countenance," and Lord Ronald Gower in his Reminiscences describes her charm and beauty of expression in old age. V.G. (■=) His portrait by Lawrence shows him as a man of refined type. He appears to have been possessed of fair abilities, though a poor speaker. In politics he steadily supported the Whigs, and was in private life an intimate friend of Canning. V.G.